ḥnwt-tꜣwj
Egyptian
Etymology
ḥnwt (“mistress”) + tꜣwj (“Egypt”, literally “the Two Lands”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘Mistress of Egypt’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛnuːt tɑuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: henut-tawi
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnwt-tꜣwj
References
- Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 244.12
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